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the ball was up

Emancipation was the word in 1863. The NY Times was pleased to see women skating expertly, not needing to be accompanied by men. From The New-York Times December 24, 1863: Skating on Central Park Lakes and Fifth-avenue and Other Ponds. … Continue reading

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Skating

I’d honestly rather be skating (if I could), but there sure were some contrasts in the winter of 1862. Central Park and places like Hancock or Romney seem like different worlds.

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